Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT04895163
Acute Appendicitis in Foreign Workers of Northern Israel
Acute Appendicitis in Foreign Workers of Northern Israel: a Retrospective Cohort Study
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- —
- Study type
- Observational
- Enrollment
- 117 (actual)
- Sponsor
- HaEmek Medical Center, Israel · Academic / Other
- Sex
- —
- Age
- —
- Healthy volunteers
- —
Summary
To Compare the outcome to acute appendicitis in foreign workers to the native patients.
Detailed description
This is a retrospective case-control study. The investigators identified all patients aged 18-50 who were admitted to our institution between January 1st, 2013 and October 31st, 2018, with the diagnosis of acute appendicitis. The study group included all foreign workers and the control group was age, sex, and co-morbidities matched group from the local population. The investigators compared time to presentation, admission parameters and disease outcomes.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| PROCEDURE | Laparoscopic appendectomy | Laparoscopic appendectomy performed for acute appendicitis |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2018-01-01
- Primary completion
- 2021-04-28
- Completion
- 2021-04-28
- First posted
- 2021-05-20
- Last updated
- 2021-05-21
Locations
1 site across 1 country: Israel
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT04895163. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.